The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread

bm_999 · 12 Jun 2018 at 10:26

Cheers guys got the app but for some reason it doesn't accept my postcode, keeps saying invalid even thought I've chosen UK and everything?

Also any more info on decent free themes?

bastic · 12 Jun 2018 at 11:14

mrk said:
It's Swift installer linked earlier, the dark theme options.

The battery stuff is via GSam Battery Monitor in the Play Store

Oh and yes! E46 M3 does me nicely

hmm...installed swift, and it hasnt changed my wallpaper or icons....just the notifications and gmail app...
any ideas ?
thanks

deuse · 12 Jun 2018 at 11:38

bm_999 said:
Cheers guys downloaded the app but it keeps saying my postcode is invalid for some reason

Use capital letters.

Nexus18 · 12 Jun 2018 at 18:17

@mrk
Do you use 5ghz or 2.4ghz for WiFi?

bm_999 · 12 Jun 2018 at 19:17

deuse said:
Use capital letters.

thanks mate, worked perfectly

deuse · 12 Jun 2018 at 20:46

bm_999 said:
thanks mate, worked perfectly

Your welcome.

Earned £1.50p today

bm_999 · 12 Jun 2018 at 20:57

0.06 already loll

so can you only spend this in the play store but on anything in the store, songs, films etc...

Kainz · 12 Jun 2018 at 21:25

bm_999 said:
0.06 already loll

so can you only spend this in the play store but on anything in the store, songs, films etc...

Yes. It used to be hardware off the playstore but they changed that

Got a few Clowncasts that way.

BananaDunka · 12 Jun 2018 at 22:17

bastic said:
hmm...installed swift, and it hasnt changed my wallpaper or icons....just the notifications and gmail app...
any ideas ?
thanks

It's not a theme with wallpapers or icons, it';s a system ui theme engine. The wallpaper in my photo is my own car, the icons are part of Lines icon pack on the play store!

Nexus18 said:
@mrk
Do you use 5ghz or 2.4ghz for WiFi?

I only ever use 5GHz really.

Kanpai · 12 Jun 2018 at 22:52

Back to an S8+ after a few weeks with the Pixel 2 XL.

Things I missed:

The Screen: Whilst the Pixel 2 XL is not as bad as people make out, the difference between the two was very surprising to see and I definitely prefer the S8+ display. Media consumption is a huge part of my phone usage so this did hold a lot in the decision.
A skin on android: Stock android is not bad by any means, but being so accustomed to some variety with Samsung lately with TW and additional theming options, I missed this quite a bit.

Overall I think the S8+ offers the best overall package for me personally and glad to have switched back.

Nexus18 · 13 Jun 2018 at 09:46

Just got a software update so I presume I have to revert to stock theme before installing the software update?

Edit:

I'm using the swift theme.

Nexus18 · 13 Jun 2018 at 10:59

@mrk
Do you have WiFi power saving mode turned on?

Kainz · 13 Jun 2018 at 11:23

Just picked up the 1st May 2018 (CRE3) update on Three.

Nexus18 · 13 Jun 2018 at 13:06

Uninstalled all the overlays from swift in order to do the software update for the phone, however, the theme is still active even though I have removed everything under the active tab.

Any ideas???

Nexus18 · 13 Jun 2018 at 19:08

For anyone having the same issue with overlays not being uninstalled, you need to read this and run the tool:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zPqN6AJlTAeFc9se-8oPZTz0I268zYDJT9HUOcIQuq4/edit

Bit of a faff having to do it for every system update but meh, it's worth the faff.

Loving this colour scheme of mine:

Also, that is where Samsung's little tweaks are superb, so easy to take that one long screenshot, just take the first one, then click scroll capture for the rest and upload :cool:

BananaDunka · 13 Jun 2018 at 23:21

Nexus18 said:
Just got a software update so I presume I have to revert to stock theme before installing the software update?

Edit:

I'm using the swift theme.

Nexus18 said:
@mrk
Do you have WiFi power saving mode turned on?

I do have wifi power savings on!

Uninstalling overlays works fine for me, but it does take ages if you uninstall a lot. You should uninstall, then wait for all the little toast notifications to finish stating an overlay has been uninstalled.

Nexus18 · 14 Jun 2018 at 08:25

mrk said:
I do have wifi power savings on!

Uninstalling overlays works fine for me, but it does take ages if you uninstall a lot. You should uninstall, then wait for all the little toast notifications to finish stating an overlay has been uninstalled.

Not noticed any performance loss/issues with it on?

I did do that and once they were finished, I rebooted and all the overlays were still there :/

BananaDunka · 14 Jun 2018 at 08:29

None!

Nexus18 · 14 Jun 2018 at 10:06

Just noticed that WiFi calling has been added with the latest software update.

glenimp617 · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:37

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